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Saturday, August 31, 2013

What's Happy This Week: A Letter From Fred – “Oh Sweet Lorraine” An Amazing Song Written by 96 year Old

Every
heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover,
everyone becomes a poet.Plato

The
greatest love stories and tales of romance are usually written by
people who have to let go of someone who they deeply loved.
This is the case of Fred Stobaugh, a 96 year old Peoria resident Fred
Stobaugh, who recently lost his wife and partner of 75 years,
Lorraine.

One
day Illinois based Green
Shoe Studio ran a song competition they expected entrants to
upload their finished tunes to YouTube. So when one person sent them
a letter containing the lyrics of his song they were a little
surprised.

Singer
and songwriter Jacob Colgan remembers receiving Fred’s letter.
“What made Fred's entry so special was instead of a video, it was a
large manila envelope titled Green Shoe Studio Singer Songwriter
contest.”

It was an entry to his
Studio’s songwriting contest. The kind of entry Jacob never
expected. “He had written a song for his wife, ‘Sweet Lorraine’
Fred’s song is about his life and his love for his wife. He said,
“’Sweet Lorraine’ I called it. Wish we could do the good times
all over again.”

Jacob said, “I
started to read the lyrics and was so touched by the song and without
even meeting Fred we thought, we're going to do something.” Fred
said, “And I was surprised. It wasn't too long that Jacob called me
and it really touched him.” Jacob said, “We wanted to put it to
professional music and sing on it and he said, well you know that's
great but I just don't have the money to cover it.” With Fred’s
blessing, Jacob wanted to bring his lyrics to life.

When
Fred first heard the song, he cried. He said, “Wonderful, just
wonderful.” Fred
said, “It just touched me. And I know Lorraine, she heard that too.
It just has been a great life. If I could do over again, I would do
it.” Fred
said he finds comfort in the sound of his song. It’s something he
has to cherish forever. He
said, “The song really helps me. It really helps me. It just seemed
like she's just sort of with me. Which I know she's smiling, she's
smiling down and she likes that song, I know.”

The
moving tale of two souls has spread like wildfire all over the world.
Watch the heartwarming
clip below. It has you wanting more, "Oh Sweet Lorraine" is
nowavailable on iTunes.